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DESTALINIZATION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Social process of neutralizing the influence of Joseph Stalin by revising his policies and removing monuments dedicated to him and renaming places named in his honor
Example:
his statue was demolished as part of destalinization
Synonyms:
de-Stalinisation; de-Stalinization; destalinisation; destalinization
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Hypernyms ("destalinization" is a kind of...):
social process (a process involved in the formation of groups of persons)
Derivation:
destalinize (counteract the effects and policies of Stalinism)
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